The Pope's Secretary of State deplores the bombing of a children's hospital.
During a seminar held at the Pontifical Angelicum University in Rome on March 9, 2022, the Pope's Secretary of State, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, declared the bombing of a children's hospital in Mariupol "unacceptable." The high prelate deplores the escalation of the conflict to what he now considers a "total war."
The Holy See's "number 2" commented on the Russian airstrike that, according to the head of the Donetsk regional military administration, destroyed a Marioupol hospital with maternity and pediatric services, killing and injuring several children and pregnant women. He said there were "no valid reasons" for such an action.
